In early July, the European Union added Shekau Mohammed Abubakar, the leader of the Nigerian Islamic militant group Boko Haram, and Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan, a Boko Haram splinter group, to its al Qaeda sanctions list. The European Union also removed eight people from its Belarus sanctions list while imposing sanctions on Vitaliy Nikolayevich Volkov, a judge accused of violating the human rights of a former human rights activist in Belarus. In August, the European Union added six additional persons to its al Qaeda sanctions list to bring that list into line with new UN sanctions targeting terrorist activity.
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